Disney Buying LucasFilm! WHOA

[disney fan 13]

I'm okay with Disney torching anything with Lucas' fingerprints on it post 1983.

I would agree with the Prequels but all the EU up to LOTF has been good IMO

 

[Pentacat]

Wow. I never thought Lucas would relinquish his Vader grip on his creation. The theme park implications are pretty huge but can you imagine what some of the current crop of Writer/Directors could do in the Star Wars Universe? I'll give a shovel full of cash right now for a Christopher Nolan Star Wars movie....say Han Solo Origin Story?

I need to go lie down.

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

tl;dr
I'm assuming that people are very upset about this, though? and if you don't mind me asking- why? I'm not a big lucasfilm's person, but I'm kinda imagining it's how most felt when disney got marvel?

No we are happy! Like this!

 

[lebeau]

The story should be Luke, Han and Leia's children with the three of them playing cameos. Would love to see Luke's wife Mara but I think we're past her.

You're going to need to use the Jedi Mind trick to get Ford to ever play Han Solo again.

 

[rnese]

You could literally create/devote a theme park specifically to Star Wars.

 

[Nemo14]

 

[sshindel]

tl;dr
I'm assuming that people are very upset about this, though? and if you don't mind me asking- why? I'm not a big lucasfilm's person, but I'm kinda imagining it's how most felt when disney got marvel?

I don't think I've seen any overly negative reactions on here at all. Most folks are over-excited (myself very much included) about the possibilities that this opens up.

 

[captainkidd]

But the real question is - How soon until 462,985 pieces of Star Wars-themed merchandise is available at every merchandise stand and shop at WDW?

There has been for years.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Conference Call is up http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/c2nj5j33/lan/en .

 

[Goofy6294]

I meant like how it will effect how many non disney movies that they contribute to going forward. It also appears that they just bought an animation studio as well since ILM has started making features.

Gotcha. I imagine they will still contribute. The 8-10 movies mentioned in the press release are those being released under the Walt Disney Pictures tag. TWDC still releases lots of movies under its other production brands.

 

[PhilharMagician]

Fromhttp://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2012/10/30/disney-to-buy-lucasfilm-and-start-releasing-new-star-wars-movies-starting-with-episode-7-in-2015/

Disney CFO Jay Rasulo described some of the ways they hope to capitalize on the acquisition, “We plan to release the first new Star Wars film in 2015, and then plan to release one film every two to three years. These films will be released and distributed as part of our target slate of 8-10 live-action films per year, and will augment Disney’s already strong creative pipeline for many years to come. We also expect to utilize Star Wars in other businesses including Parks & Resorts, in games and in our television business. These initiatives were also considered in our valuation.”

So...Disney's Death Star Resort? Announce that and I'll book a room now!

No SSE will be rethemed to be the new Death Star!

 

[lebeau]

Wow. I never thought Lucas would relinquish his Vader grip on his creation. The theme park implications are pretty huge but can you imagine what some of the current crop of Writer/Directors could do in the Star Wars Universe? I'll give a shovel full of cash right now for a Christopher Nolan Star Wars movie....say Han Solo Origin Story?

I need to go lie down.

I guess he got sick of disappointing his fans for decades and decided a 4 billion dollar payday didn't sound so bad.

 

[flynnibus]

Don't have time to read the thread, but as a Disney fan I dislike this move (not that it isn't good business wise). Disney still has a toxic creative culture and this just shows that Iger has never been interesting in fixing Disney's heart. Pixar, Marvel, LucasFilm have all been acquired to fill ulcers within Disney without any real medicine. It's a great strategy so long as these entities remain free of the Disney poison, and its a poor long term strategy.

He just wants to be the GE of media...

But this is bank in terms of intellectual property at the finger tips of every Disney Theme Park fan who grew up with IJ and SW... people will/are/should be falling over themselves in terms of the POSSIBILITES

Let's just hope it's more IJA.. and less of that dancing SW character crap during SW Weekendds

 

[LithiumBill]

The Clone Wars deal is not eternal. Eventually, Disney will pull the plug and set up their own cartoon on their own network. Probably not Clone Wars though.

I'd love to see a LUKE/HAN/LEIA cartoon set after return of the Jedi, or an X-WING series..

 

[disney fan 13]

The Clone Wars deal is not eternal. Eventually, Disney will pull the plug and set up their own cartoon on their own network. Probably not Clone Wars though.

I was talking more about the next 1-3 years rather then decades...

 

[riverscu0m0]

I don't think I've seen any overly negative reactions on here at all. Most folks are over-excited (myself very much included) about the possibilities that this opens up.

Yeah, some of my friends are freaking out about this, they seem to think that disney now owning lucasfilms will make it turn into like Star Wars: The Musical or something. When trying to explain that even though they have marvel, they've done nothing but improve it my friends seem to not listen

 

[dreamscometrue]

Stars Wars Land? Cars land? Avatarland? Who knows? But one thing's for sure, DHS can create a new parade: 'Stars, Cars and Avatars'.

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

You could literally create/devote a theme park specifically to Star Wars.

I was opposed to a Fifth Gate... UNTIL NOW.

 

[DocMcHulk]

"Ample opportunities to include the presence of this franchise in our parks."

 

[DisneyJunkie]

Don't forget the fact that now they WILL be putting out Episode 7 in 2015 (according NBCNews).